Samuel Reshevsky
A Compendium of 1768 Chess Games, with Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations, and Indexes
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About the Book
On November 26, 1911, Samuel Herman Reshevsky was born in Ozorkov, Poland. At age six he became a chess professional and for seventy years he was a force on the international chess scene. This is by a very large margin the most comprehensive collection of Reshevsky’s games ever offered to the public.
Arranged in chronological order, with mini-essays wrapping up each decade, the 1,768 games (match, tournament, exhibition, simultaneous, casual, speed, postal, blindfold and other) are given in full, many with diagrams. Three indexes: openings by traditional names, openings by ECO codes, and opponents.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Stephen W. Gordon
Format: softcover (8.5 x 11)
Pages: 424
Bibliographic Info: tables, diagrams, indexes
Copyright Date: 2011 [1997]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6093-9
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Table of contents covers major competitions only.
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction xvii
The Twenties
1920 European Simultaneous Tour 3
1921 American Simultaneous Tour 8
1922 New York, Round Robin Masters Tournament 16
1924 Detroit, 25th Western Chess Association Tournament 17
1927 Kalamazoo, First National Chess Federation Congress 18
1928 Detroit, Radio Game 19
The Thirties
1931 Tulsa, Western Chess Association Tournament 23
1932 Minneapolis, Western Chess Championship 24
Pasadena, International Tournament 25
1933 Detroit, Western Chess Association Tournament 27
1934 New York, Offhand Game with Marshall 29
New York, Simultaneous Display 29
Chicago, Western Chess Association Championship 30
Syracuse, International Tournament 32
New York, Marshall Chess Club Championship 34
New Bedford, Exhibition Game 34
New York, Metropolitan League 34
1935 Margate, International Tournament 35
Yarmouth, Major Open 37
1936 New York, U.S. Championships 38
Nottingham, lnternational Tournament 42
Washington, D.C., Blindfold Game 44
New York, Metropolitan League 44
1937 New York, Metropolitan League 45
Kemeri, lnternational Tournament 45
Goteborg, Jonsson Match 49
Stockholm, Olympiad 49
Semmering-Baden, lnternational Tournament 51
Hastings, lnternational Tournament 55
1938 New York, Metropolitan League 56
New York, U.S. Championship 57
Amsterdam, AVRO Tournament 62
1939 Leningrad-Moscow, International Tournament 64
Washington, D.C., Consultation Game 68
New York, Metropolitan League 68
New York, Simultaneous Display 68
New York, ACF Championship Preliminaries 68
New York, ACF Championship Finals 69
The Forties
1940 New York, Metropolitan League 75
New York, U.S. Championship 76
New York, Lasker Memorial Simultaneous 79
1941 New York, U.S. Championship Match vs. Horowitz 80
Hamilton, New York State Chess Association Meeting 83
1942 New York, U.S. Championship 86
New York, U.S. Lightning Championship 89
New York, U.S. Championship Match vs. Kashdan 89
1943 New York, U.S. Lightning Championship 97
New York, Metropolitan Speed Championship 98
1944 New York, U.S. Lightning Championship 99
Boston, U.S. Open 100
New York, Manhattan Speed 103
New York, Manhattan Victory Speed 103
1945 Hollywood, Pan-American Championship 104
New York, Radio Match vs. U.S.S.R. 107
1946 Moscow, U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R. 109
New York, U.S. Championship 110
1947 New York, Radio Match vs. La Plata 113
1948 New York, Training Games 113
New York, Telephone Match vs. Havana 114
The Hague/Moscow, World Championship 114
The Fifties
1950 Detroit, Simultaneous Display 126
Philadelphia, Simultaneous Display 126
Los Angeles, Simultaneous Display 126
New York, Radio Match vs. Yugoslavia 127
Springfield, Simultaneous Display 129
New York, Simultaneous Display 129
New York, Metropolitan League 129
Dubrovnik, Olympiad 129
Amsterdam, International Tournament 132
1951 New York, Exhibition Game 135
New York, Wertheim Memorial 136
New York, U.S. Championship Preliminaries 138
New York, U.S. Championship Finals 138
New York, Exhibition Game 140
1952 Salt Lake City, Blindfold 140
Havana, International Tournament 141
Three Cities, N,ajdorf Match (Championship of the West) 144
New York, Gligoric Match 149
Helsinski, Olympiad 151
New York, Manhattan Anniversary Celebration 154
1953 Buenos Aires, Najdorf Match (Championship of the West) 156
Zurich, Candidates Tournament 160
1954 San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous Display 168
Battle Creek, Simultaneous Display 168
New York, U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R. 168
New York, First Rosenwald Trophy Tournament 169
1955 Douglas, Simultaneous Display 171
Lincoln, Simultaneous Display 171
Omaha, Simultaneous Display 171
New York, Metropolitan League 172
New York, Training Event 172
Moscow, U.S.A. vs U.S.S.R. 173
San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous 175
Long Beach, U.S. Open 176
New York, Second Rosenwald Trophy Tournament 178
1956 Hollywood, Simultaneous Display 180
San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous 180
Boston, Simultaneous Display 180
Oklahoma, Simultaneous Display 180
New York, Lombardy March 181
New York, Third Rosenwald Memorial Tournament 182
1957 Los Angeles, Simultaneous Display 184
San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous 185
Eugene, Simultaneous Display 185
New York, Exhibition Game 185
New York, Blindfold Exhibition 185
New York, Bisguier Match 186
New York, D. Byrne Match 187
Dallas, lnternational Tournament 189
New York, U.S. Championship 192
1958 Detroit, Simultaneous Display 194
New York, Metropolitan League 194
Munich, Olympiad 195
Haifa-Tel Aviv, lnternational Tournament 196
New York, U.S. Championship 199
1959 San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous 200
New York, Metropolitan League 200
New York, U.S. Championship 201
The Sixties
1960 New York, Metropolitan League 209
Buenos Aires, lnternational Tournament 210
New York, Benko Match 213
New York, U.S. Championship 215
1961 San Francisco, Clock Simultaneous 216
Eugene, Simultaneous Display 216
New York/Los Angeles, Fischer Match 217
1962 New York, Steinmeyer Match 224
New York, U.S. Championship 225
1963 Eugene, Simultaneous Display 227
Los Angeles, U.S. Championship Playoff 228
New York, Bisguier Match 228
Santa Monica, First Piatigorsky Cup 229
New York, U.S. Championship 238
1964 Eugene, Simultaneous Display 240
Amsterdam, lnterzonal 241
Amsterdam, lnterzonal Playoff, Portisch Match 244
Tel Aviv, Olympiad 245
1965 Las Vegas, National Open 247
New York, U.S. Championship 248
1966 Eugene, Simultaneous Display 251
Mar del Plata, lnternational Tournament 252
Santa Monica, Second Piatigorsky Cup 254
New York, U.S. Championship 267
1967 Maribor, lnternational Tournament 269
Sousse, lnterzonal 272
1968 Los Angeles, lnterzonal Playoff 276
Amsterdam, Korchnoi Candidates Match 277
Haifa, Simultaneous Display 278
New York, U.S. Championship 279
Lugano, Olympiad 281
1969 Miami, Exhibition 283
Netanya, lnternational Tournament 283
New York, U.S. Championship 285
The Seventies
1970 Miami, Exhibition 290
Miami, Blindfold Simultaneous Display 290
Belgrade, U.S.S.R. vs. The Rest of the World Match 290
Herceg Novi, Blitz Tournament 291
Skopje, lnternational Tournament 293
Buenos Aires, lnternational Tournament 296
Siegen, Olympiad 298
Palma de Mallorca, lnterzonal 300
1971 Netanya, lnternational Tournament 304
Ventura, U.S. Open 306
Palma de Mallorca, lnternational Tournament 308
1972 New York, U.S. Championship 311
1973 Chicago, U.S. Championship Playoff 313
Netanya, lnternational Tournament 314
Petropolis, lnterzonal 316
London, lnternational Tournament 319
1974 Nice, Olympiad 320
Chicago, U.S. Championship 322
New York, U.S. Open 324
1975 Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 326
Simultaneous 327
Oberlin, U.S. Championship 328
1976 Skopje, lnternational Tournament 330
1977 Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 332
Amsterdam, lnternational Tournament 341
Mentor, U.S. Championship 336
1978 Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 338
Vilnius, lnternational Tournament 341
1979 Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 343
Esbjerg, North Sea Cup 345
The Eighties
1980 Postal Games 349
Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 350
1981 Postal Games 351
Lone Pine, Louis D. Statham Masters 352
South Bend, U.S. Championship 353
Jacksonville, U.S. Championship Playoff 355
Kalamazoo, Simultaneous Display 356
Saginaw, Simultaneous Display 357
Postal Games 357
1982 Beer Sheeva, lnternational Tournament 358
New York, CCA Summer lnternational Swiss 359
Postal Games 360
1983 Postal Games 360
New Platz, Training Matches 360
Barcelona, lnternational Tournament 361
Pasadena, U.S. Open 363
New York, Rubinstein Memorial Open 364
Pittsburgh, Simultaneous Display 365
Postal Games 365
1984 Reykjavik, Open Swiss 365
New York, New York Open 367
Hollywood, Christiansen Match 369
Postal Games 370
1985 Lugano, Open Swiss 371
Toms River, Simultaneous Display 371
Postal Games 371
1986 Reykjavik, Open Swiss 372
Postal Games 373
Detroit, Simultaneous Display 373
Lake Charles, Simultaneous Display 373
Postal Games 374
New York, New York Open 374
Philadelphia, World Open 374
Somerset, U.S. Open 374
Tel Aviv, Holon Open 377
1987 Lugano, Open Swiss 378
Postal Games 380
Philadelphia, World Open 380
Postal Games 381
1988 Lugano, Open Swiss 382
Postal Games 383
Philadelphia, World Open 383
Norwich, Simultaneous Display 384
San Diego, Simultaneous Display 384
Long Beach, Software Toolworks Open 384
Belgrade, GMA Open 386
1989 Postal Games 387
Moscow, GMA Open 387
Palma de Mallorca, GMA Open 389
The Nineties
1990 Postal Games 391
Las Vegas, Simultaneous Display 391
Jacksonville, Simultaneous Display 391
Jacksonville, U.S. Open 391
1991 Moscow, Veterans Tournament 393
Moscow, Smyslov Match 394
Postal Games 395
Openings lndex 397
ECO Openings lndex 400
Opponents lndex 403
Book Reviews & Awards
“The definitive work on Reshevsky is meticulously researched…a fascinating mini-essay on each decade of Reshevsky’s life…every crucial crosstable”—Chess Life; “this oversize monster is by far the most complete work ever printed on Sammy Reshevsky. One of the giants of American chess, [he] was a world championship level competitor for four decades. Detailed player and opening indexes…an excellent addition to any chess library. It is, without any doubt, the best book ever written on this important and overlooked subject”—IM Jeremy Silman, (JeremySilman.com); “a magnificent resource for the chess historian…Gordon’s magnum opus covers eight decades of masterly play…. A mammoth 1,768 of Reshevsky’s games together with informative introductions to each decade. Assiduously researched and collated—a real treasure trove!”—British Chess Magazine; “a commendable record and tribute…majestic…clear, lucid and interesting”—The Compulsive Reader; “quite an accomplishment…immense biographical information…the most comprehensive collection of Reshevsky’s games ever offered to the public”—ChessCafe.com; “what a wonderful book”—Chess News.
